A basic tenet for major league behavior is to act like you've been there before. That's not easy when executing a once-in-a-generation extravaganza. The opening of a new ballpark, especially in New York, especially when patrons are paying $200, $300 and more, carries lofty expectations. And teams only get one shot to do it right.

Recent evidence suggests that although the Iraqi military has made enormous progress, it is still dependent on small teams of American advisers who can rein in overly aggressive Iraqi commanders, call in U.S. airstrikes and help coordinate basic supplies.

Voters last week said no to reopening a naval base in Jacksonville, Fla. The plan was to move the East Coast's master jet base from Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach to Cecil Field, a Jacksonville base that closed in 1999.

An emotional President Bush said Friday he would present the Medal of Honor America's highest military decoration to a Marine who died when he jumped on a grenade in Iraq and saved the lives of two comrades.

Two Navy fighter jets collided Monday over a military base, killing one pilot and injuring another, authorities said. The F18-C Hornet jets from Lemoore Naval Air Station were practicing dogfighting maneuvers at about 11:15 a.m. when they crashed above Fort Hunter Liggett, a remote Army Reserve base 150 miles south of San Francisco, said Navy spokesman Dennis McGrath.